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A behind-the-scenes political maneuver by Newark Mayor Cory Booker to fill a vacant council seat with his choice led to a near-riot in city hall tonight, with dozens of residents rushing the council stage and police responding with pepper-spray.

After weeks of jockeying for Rep. Donald Payne’s successor, Booker made an unprecedented personal appearance to cast the deciding vote with his council allies for Shanique Davis Speight, a longtime ally of power broker Stephen Adubato, over the angry objections of residents.

After the vote, residents stood chanting "Cory’s gotta go!" as officials shouted over the confusion.

But when Speight was escorted by police to be sworn in, a group of residents, led by SEIU Local 617 President Rahaman Muhammad, stormed the dais and appeared to lunge toward Speight and her grade-school-age son.

Police restrained the group as they toppled a podium and residents were caught in the rush. When Muhammad would not give way, an officer doused him with pepper spray, along with residents, reporters and at least one other officer.

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Not sure who to root for, Booker for causing this, SEIU for standing up to him, or the rest of the loony left for the near riot.

Davis-Speight is connected to the Broad "academy" which is basically selling Newark public schools down the river. Poor children are being used for yet another social engineering experiment involving Bill Gates and Eli Broad, two Democrat billionaires who are trying to limit educational opportunities for inner city kids by a "reform" that will make them a ton of money and leave the poor children bereft. This is the Bill Clinton Democrats (Gates, Broad) versus the Ted Kennedy Democrats (unions).

Just to put it in perspective, the first one is about the size of a can of Pledge. The 2nd, the size of a medium sized fire extinguisher. We use both. I had to take a facefull of the first one during the academy. Not something I'd care to do twice.

Davis-Speight is connected to the Broad "academy" which is basically selling Newark public schools down the river. Poor children are being used for yet another social engineering experiment involving Bill Gates and Eli Broad, two Democrat billionaires who are trying to limit educational opportunities for inner city kids by a "reform" that will make them a ton of money and leave the poor children bereft. This is the Bill Clinton Democrats (Gates, Broad) versus the Ted Kennedy Democrats (unions).

This is the kind of America that the majority of people want.

The difference between pigs and people is that when they tell you you're cured it isn't a good thing.